Wheel toy



(No Model.)

J. M. DU FOUR. f

WHEEL TOY.

Patented May 22,1883.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH L. M. DU FOUR, OF BOUND BROOK, JERSEY.

W H EQEL TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,109, dated May 22, 1883.

Application filed December 13, 1382.

(No model.) i

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. M. DU-FOUR,

.- the following is a specification.

This invention relates t0. that class of toys comprising a handle-frame and a wheel or hoop mounted in the frame in such a manner that by taking hold of the frame the wheel may be rolled or propelled over the ground; and it consists in the attachment to the frame, in rear of the wheel, of a seat adapted to support a doll or other object,whereby the utility or efl'ect of the article as a toy is materially increased. To facilitate transportation the seat is constructed to fold up in line with the handle-frame, as hereinafter set forth in detail.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanyin g drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section showing the seat in position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar section showing the seat folded. Fig. 3 represents a plan or top view. Fig. 4 is a cross-section.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the handleframe, composed of two parallel side bars, A, a crossbar, A, at the rear end of the side bars, anda handle, A extending rearward from the cross-bar, and B indicates the wheel, which is mounted in the frame between the side bars, at or near their forward ends.

The letter C denotes the seat intended to receive the doll or other object. This seat is located in rear of the wheel B, and is composed of a hanger, D, a brace, E, a flexible'apron, F, and a stretcher, G. Said hanger, brace, and stretcher are each shaped like a stirrup or inverted yoke, and are connected to the side bars,A, at the free ends, they being composed of wire, and their joints with the side bars being effected by springing the wires into sockets formed in the inner portions of the bars. The flexible apron is secured at one end to the crossbar A, and at the opposite end to both the hanger D and brace E.

For the purpose of my invention the brace 13' should be detachable from the frame, and

this purpose is accomplished by the described connection of the brace, together with the hanger and the stretcher, to the side bars, A 3

but it is evident that other means may be devised and used to efl'ect the desired object.

When it is desired to use the seat, thehanger D is swung to a lower position, the brace E is connected to the frame, and the stretcher G is brought to the required position to act on the apron F, when by the stretcher the apron is distended to form a seat and back,while by the brace the hanger, together with the front edge of the apron, is held rigid, thereby pre serving the proper shape of the seat, as shown in Fig. 1.

When it is desired to fold the seat, the brace E is detached from the side bars, A, when it, together with the hanger and stretcher, may be swung to a position in line with the side bars, within said bars, the apron being also brought to that position by the hanger and stretcher, and for the purpose of sustaining the parts the ends of the brace may then be inserted in staples 8, attached to the side bars, as shown in Figs. 2, 3. Hence, while the seat is adapted to the purpose of supporting a doll or other similar object that may be placed in it, it can be folded so that no perceptible space is occupied by the seat when the article is packed for transportation.

For the purpose ofsupporting the doll placed in the seat a breast-band, 0, is attached to the side bars,A, of the frame, this band being elastic, and one of its ends being provided with a separable fastening. i

In the example shown the wheel Bis arranged to act by frictional contact on a revolving shaft, H, carrying hammers c, which are concomitant to bells I, attached to the hanto the frame in rear of the wheel and con-.

structed to fold up in line with. the-fraine to facilitate transportation.

' 3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, with the handle-frame em- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my bodying in its structure the side bars and hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribeross-bars, and with the wheel mounted in the ing witnesses.

frame, of the folding seat, consisting of the J. L. M. DU FOUR. [L. s.] 5 swinging stirrup-shaped hanger, the stirrup- Vvituessesz shaped brace the flexible apron, and the W. HAUFF,

swinging stirru 'i-shaped stretcher. E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

